LibGuides: ILUNO & International Students: Find Books in the Library

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Criss Library
Search for books online with the "Search the Catalog" box above, or follow this link to the library's homepage.

Find out where books are located by checking the availability/holdings tab in the catalog.
Look at the image below. The catalog says that this book is located on the third floor. It also says the call number of the book, PS3535.A86 W5
Most of our books are located on the third floor, or the top floor of the library.
The call number tells you where to look for the book on the shelf. At Criss Library, we use the Library of Congress call number system.
If you need help finding a book, please ask at one of the service desks!

Catalog Search Tips

WorldCat Local Search Tips:

Use phrase searching for more exact searching, i.e. "Writer's Market"

Select one of the options in the left-hand column "Refine Your Search" to narrow your search by Author, Format, Year, Content, and other criteria.

To search for variations of a word, enter at least three letters of the terms followed by a question mark (?) or asterisk (*) For example, politi? or politi* retrieves records that contain politics or political.

You can change the order of books to relevance only, or have them arranged by oldest or newest publication date or alphabetical order.

Use the Advanced Search to search by author, title, or subject and to limit by language, format, date or date range

When using searches with AND/OR be sure to use ALL CAPS.

eBooks help
The eBooks guide contains all the information you need about using and downloading the library's e-book collections.

Finding Foreign Language Books

Advanced Search
To find books in another language, use the Catalog's Advanced Search option.

Enter your search terms in the first set of boxes. Or if you want to search for all possible books in that language place an * (asterisk) in the keyword search field.

Change the Format to Book and use the dropdown menu for Language to select your desired language. You may use the other options to search a specific date range, find books for young adults, or find fiction by using the Content field.